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April 2025
VicWater is a long-time sponsor of the Operator of the Year Award at the WIOA Vic Conference, and last week I had the pleasure of presenting this year’s award to Ben Evans, Waste Recycling Plant Lead Operator at South East Water. Ben has spent his entire career in the Victorian water sector, starting as a trainee with Pakenham Water Board in 1988.
April 2025
Carbon Offsets Project – The Project Oversight Committee held its first meeting on 17 April. At this meeting the committee was provided with an update on the project as well as the tasks required to enable the establishment of the SPV.
April 2025
Every morning, I make a cup of coffee then take some time to sit and read the news headlines. Sometimes, it leads to a quiet moment of reflection, other times it feels like it leads to incredulity from the ludicrous things that appear to have happened overnight.
AApril 2025
Hi Everyone! Welcome to the April IWN update.
We have a heap of news to share this month, new trials, new partnership opportunities, a launch and some trials concluding with outstanding results. Just click on the story of interest in the links at the end of my intro.
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